Well, not exactly, but Kansas State's Ron Prince is definitely leading the way as he continues to bear fruit on the gridiron.
Elsewhere, the number of Black coaches in football and men’s basketball has increased by about 76 percent over the past decade, per new data released by the National College Athletic Association.
Men’s revenue sports had Black head coaches at 22.4 percent of the schools that responded, compared with 12.7 percent in 1995-96.
Rutgers Coach Vivian Stringer , post the Don Imus "Nappy Headed Ho'" drama, is one among several Black coaches in women’s basketball. Their numbers rose from 12.2 percent to 13.1 percent. The increase was even greater for Division I women’s basketball, which rose from 15.5 percent to 17.3 percent Black coaches.For all men’s and women’s sports, Black head coaches increased from 4.2 percent to 5.3 percent.
Although 1,054 member schools in Divisions I, II and III were surveyed, only 782 of the schools (74.2 percent) responded. In 1995-96, the NCAA surveyed 985 colleges and 953 (96.8 percent) responded.